Updates from Frederick Smith, former Detroiter living in Los Angeles, and author of Play It Forward (January 2015), Right Side of the Wrong Bed (December 2007), and Down For Whatever (July 2005).
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Monday, July 23, 2007

Tyrell

I'm sure we've all had a "Tyrell" in our lives, so it's nice to see a fiction book about a character named Tyrell.

If you, or a young person in your life, is looking for a good read, pick up Tyrell by Coe Booth. I've had it since April, but finally started reading it this weekend... in between weekend events.

It won the L.A. Times Book Prize this year for best young adult fiction. But as important, it's Coe's first novel, and she's gotten much critical acclaim for this novel which follows a 15-year-old black teenager in the Bronx. It chronicles Tyrell's struggle to stay clean and on the up-and-up, in the midst of many situations that could take him down another road.

Got to see the author speak on young adult fiction this spring, which is an area I would like to tackle at least once in my writing career.

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